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Definition of poster girl in US English:

poster girl

noun

‘She's such an ambitious, annoying poster girl for the worst aspects of meritocracy that you kind of want better for her partner.’

‘She has become a poster girl for quality artists left behind by major labels.’

‘Pip is a poster girl for mother figures with attitude.’

‘She could be the poster girl for the new generation of Ontario filmmakers.’

‘If a PR company had taken on the task of rebranding Rotary for the 21st century, Penny would be their ideal poster girl.’

‘In public, Foreman is a poster girl for the power of positive thinking.’

‘In a world with so few bisexual celebrities actually willing to come out and almost no bisexual film or television characters, her willingness to embrace bisexuality on and off-screen has made her the de facto poster girl for bisexual women.’

‘She is the poster girl for sassiness, sensuality, casual good looks, and studied style.’

‘When asked, I admitted that I'd gained weight, adding that I had never presented myself as the poster girl of thin.’

‘She is perhaps not the ideal poster girl for the younger generation, but one, like me, who stands in defence of rubbish food.’

‘She found being the poster girl for fat acceptance a lonely business.’

‘She herself as "a onetime quiet suburban housewife who's turned into the local poster girl for gay and lesbian rights".’

Origin

Late 19th century: from the use in print advertisements of good-looking young women and appealing children.